There is nothing un-Catholic about Renaissance, which was, after all, deeply religious. Modern humanism was a parasitic philosophical movement that exploited the Renaisance for its own satanic ends.
I can see a connection between Shakespeare and Catholic Renaissance, but to connect him to the likes of Rousseau, Voltaire and Diderot is a long stretch.
to connect him to the likes of Rousseau, Voltaire and Diderot is a long stretch.
I didn’t.
You forget that if Shakespeare was, in fact, Francis Bacon, as some scholars claim, that connection is very real. Machiavelli, Hobbes, Bacon and Locke are the founding fathers of Modernism, placing man's faith in reason (science) rather than religion.